Category: Home Life

House Updates 2021

One of the big projects that have been going on with Chris and I over the past few months have been some significant updates to our house. There are some that say that if...

Surviving Building A Pool

As many would know, Chris and I have spent the last few months planning and overseeing the construction of the large body of water in our back yard in the form of a pool....

Another Anniversary

Well another anniversary celebrated yesterday, the day we closed on our home in Sorano. It is hard to imagine that we have been here 12 months. So much has happened in the past year...

New Home

Well after starting the whole process of finding a new home and building it, we have finally moved into our new abode!  I have to say it is pretty amazing, and I am enjoying...

time for change

After being in our house for almost ten years (January 2011) we have decided to start the House 2.0 project. Chris and I have been looking around for a couple of years for the...

Doing Crafty Things

Over the holidays I started to do some loom knitting. My current Flick feed shows you some of the items that I have created, and you can read more about this over at www.out2design.com.

Project Lanai (Part Deux)

Thanks to my good friend Layton, the lanai preparation has developed to an almost final stage. I have two things to show for the work that Layton and I did: (1) a semi-circle dirt...

Project Lanai

Project Lanai After years of talking about a patio extension, I woke up this morning determined that today was going to be the day (besides, I’m procrastinating about other stuff). So after relaxing in...

Happy No. 8!

It’s somewhat hard to believe that eight years ago today, Chris and I landed in the United States to officially start our lives together. After much discussion, we chose March 5, 1999 as the...

Trashy Love

Earlier today, like much earlier, I was out and about with a few other people cleaning up trash around the City (as part of the Keep Frisco Beautiful campaign). It would have been nicer...